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Giedroyc posted:Red Dwarf has dated a bit but it's nothing compared to the high opinion they have of themselves (even the poo poo series) on the DVD documentaries. People just didn't 'get' the Cat dancing scene in series 8. It's not so much the cast, they always come across as far more likable than most other TV actors. It's Doug Naylor who seemed determined to turn quite a neat and, at times, clever show into a constant string of sex and fart jokes. (read: Kritie TV)
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Giedroyc posted:Sky living is doing a new documentary series about the lives of transsexual prostitutes in the far east They're pushing the very limits of "coming soon" with that though, http://skyliving.sky.com/top-shows/ladyboys-coming-soon "Ladyboys Sky Living HD: Fri 23 Sept, 9pm"
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May 3, 2012 01:35
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Quanta posted:I'd prefer the BBC not to keep recycling the Top Gear presenters and have someone more suitable for a nature programme, but whatever, at least Mark Thompson is leaving soon. Danny Dyer should present all factual shows.
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May 3, 2012 08:31
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Leyburn posted:Danny Dyer and Mark Kermode should co-present all factual shows. Fixed that for you
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May 3, 2012 08:38
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Are they seriously reviving Yes, Prime Minister? Seriously? This is going to be the worst thing since they revived Red Dwarf.
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May 3, 2012 08:39
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DemonNick posted:Are they seriously reviving Yes, Prime Minister? Seriously? This is going to be the worst thing since they revived Red Dwarf. I'm inclined to agree, but I suppose we've got no idea how much they will update or change the format. 2012 and The Thick of It have shown that there is a public appetite for political(ish) satire, so I suppose it's a logical time to do it. I can't imagine a way in which it could ever be better than The Thick of It, though, seeing sa TToI is pretty much the best comedy ever, let alone satire.
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May 3, 2012 10:01
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It seems that "Peep Show" has gained a following in U.S college campuses, and my younger brother introduced me to the show pretty recently. It's the funniest and sharpest comedy series I've seen in a long while, and its style is pretty innovative and really heightens the potency of the cringe humor.
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May 3, 2012 10:33
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Opus125 posted:It seems that "Peep Show" has gained a following in U.S college campuses, and my younger brother introduced me to the show pretty recently. It's the funniest and sharpest comedy series I've seen in a long while, and its style is pretty innovative and really heightens the potency of the cringe humor. I think it's a testament to the genius of the style that you almost forget it's there after a while.
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May 3, 2012 11:04
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HoldYourFire posted:I think it's a testament to the genius of the style that you almost forget it's there after a while. Only until there's a first person make out scene with Mark. eeuuuuugh it's terrible but so amazing at the same time.
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May 3, 2012 11:07
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Peepshow introduced the term sofa masturbators into our vocabularies. If the next series is the last, I'm curious to see if it finishes with them both either settling down properly into adult hood or doomed forever pair of squabbling insecure flat mates that ends it in a suicide pact. gently caress that suddenly got very dark.
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May 3, 2012 13:22
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Quanta posted:I can't seem to find anything on the subject for Hammond, though, so I suppose that's a good thing. And he's not even a real hamster.
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May 3, 2012 14:54
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SeanBeansShako posted:that ends it in a suicide pact. On the Croydon Tramlink.
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May 3, 2012 19:47
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GazChap posted:And he's not even a real hamster. He is a proper Richard though.
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May 3, 2012 19:53
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SeanBeansShako posted:Peepshow introduced the term sofa masturbators into our vocabularies. I always pictured it ending with them both naked, crying, and brawling in the street.
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May 3, 2012 21:29
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I thought having Peep Show end with Mark topping himself would seem like a strangely appropriate way to end it. It seems way too dark though, and you'd have to make it funny, which doesn't even seem possible. Jeremy on the other hand could just kill himself out of his own stupidity.
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Leyburn posted:I thought having Peep Show end with Mark topping himself would seem like a strangely appropriate way to end it. It seems way too dark though, and you'd have to make it funny, which doesn't even seem possible. If it ended horribly dark, I could see Jeremy going the same way a MP did.
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May 3, 2012 22:10
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SeanBeansShako posted:If it ended horribly dark, I could see Jeremy going the same way a MP did. Auto-erotic asphyxiation while wearing lingerie and an orange shoved up his arse?
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May 3, 2012 22:16
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The finale will be a crossover with That Mitchell and Webb Look, life becomes so grim they lose their minds and become Sir Digby Chicken Caesar and his sidekick Ginger.
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May 3, 2012 22:26
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Flatscan posted:Auto-erotic asphyxiation while wearing lingerie and an orange shoved up his arse? If you do do that, don't do it in here. The hook's almost off the wall as it is.
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May 3, 2012 22:33
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-2qbJg5RPA First Bob Monkhouse came back in CGI to stop cancer, now middle aged fake Eric Morecambe is at it.
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May 3, 2012 22:49
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Giedroyc posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-2qbJg5RPA
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Hoops posted:I remember that Bob Monkhouse advert, I thought it was filmed before he died. Was it CGI from old footage? What about the voiceover, was it an impressionist? I'd be disappointed if it was, I always filming that advert was an incredibly noble thing to do. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/06/12/uk-advertising-monkhouse-idUKL125811520070612 CGI old footage face/body double and impressionist. I seem to remember it costing £40,000-60,000 for the CGI too.
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May 3, 2012 23:24
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The Perfect Element posted:I'm inclined to agree, but I suppose we've got no idea how much they will update or change the format. 2012 and The Thick of It have shown that there is a public appetite for political(ish) satire, so I suppose it's a logical time to do it. The Thick of it is basically an extension of Yes Minister in a lot of ways, right down to the super vague purview of the ministry and the emphasis on Civil Servants and Policy Wonks. It also comes from an old labour sort of perspective while Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were kind of Tories making fun of Tories. At best, we're looking at a Upstairs Downstairs vs. Downton Abbey scenario where the revival of the older show is inferior to its contemporary analogue and looks the worse for it.
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May 4, 2012 00:26
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DemonNick posted:At best, we're looking at a Upstairs Downstairs vs. Downton Abbey scenario where the revival of the older show is inferior to its contemporary analogue and looks the worse for it. Wait... are you suggesting that something is WORSE than downton abbey?
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DemonNick posted:The Thick of it is basically an extension of Yes Minister in a lot of ways, right down to the super vague purview of the ministry and the emphasis on Civil Servants and Policy Wonks. It also comes from an old labour sort of perspective while Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister were kind of Tories making fun of Tories. Surely The Thick Of It is pure New Labour with everything boiling down to PR & spin.
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dos4gw posted:Wait... are you suggesting that something is WORSE than downton abbey? Leyburn posted:Surely The Thick Of It is pure New Labour with everything boiling down to PR & spin. Republican Vampire fucked around with this message at 09:34 on May 4, 2012 |
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Flatscan posted:Auto-erotic asphyxiation while wearing lingerie and an orange shoved up his arse? that'd be weird
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DemonNick posted:You've seen the Upstairs Downstairs revival, right? It went straight to Hitler in the second episode. I can't stop watching Upstairs Downstairs because of how hilariously and ridiculously right-on it is. Hallam Holland, the heroic diplomat who alone in the Foreign Office fights the tide of appeasement, and makes frequent pronouncements about current affairs that by lucky hap are perfect for dropping into trailers! Blanche McRiversong, misunderstood lesbian and hero of the Kindertransport! Mr Amanjeet, noble and Sikh and...noble...and Sikh...!
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May 4, 2012 10:21
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Cerv posted:mouth not arse and don't forget the amyl nitrate.
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Cerv posted:mouth not arse Yeah, you're right. I was getting confused with the Garth Ennis version where he gets eaten by a tiger instead of hanging himself.
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Flatscan posted:Yeah, you're right. I was getting confused with the Garth Ennis version where he gets eaten by a tiger instead of hanging himself. Fury owned shut up
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DemonNick posted:You've seen the Upstairs Downstairs revival, right? It went straight to Hitler in the second episode. ah so they went for the old reductio ad hitlerum fallacy. this is troubling..... i will have too muse on this
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Just popping in to say that NBC drama Awake is launching on Atlantic tonight at 10pm. This is the first show I've ever stuck my neck on the line to get on any channel I've ever worked on, so I'll be bummed when it tanks here like it did in the States. But it's really good.
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May 4, 2012 13:15
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DougieFFC posted:Just popping in to say that NBC drama Awake is launching on Atlantic tonight at 10pm. This is the first show I've ever stuck my neck on the line to get on any channel I've ever worked on, so I'll be bummed when it tanks here like it did in the States. But it's really good.
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Sounds interesting. If I get involved no doubt I'll be cussing the idiot network that canceled it like with Deadwood and Jericho.
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I've only watched 15 minutes of it but it's more like Life than either of those, which I wish hadn't been canned. Interested to see what the inevitable twist is.
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DemonNick posted:It seems like an old labour take on new labour. It's about Blair and Brown (and the next series is likely to be about the coalition) but in terms of perspective? It's not a Tory or Lib Dem piece and that was especially apparent when Mannion was introduced. First series it was all New Labour taking the piss out of New Labour. There was no opposition shown, only themselves cocking it up with spin and spinning themselves out of it. Second series (the specials mainly) was New Labour vs Old Tories. Mannion was the stereotype 'old' Tory politician. Set in his ways, posh, doesn't understand new stuff, pines for the old days etc. Third series was post Blair New Labour vs modernizing Tory Party. I cant wait for the fourth series. I really really hope that Mannion and Nicola Whatshername are working together in the same department, and Tucker and 'The Fucker' clash every 5 minutes.
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Tempo 119 posted:I kind of hope they write out The Fucker, I don't think he worked very well at all. He would have actually worked better as being an unseen character come to think of it.
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